Laxmi Agarwal

Laxmi Agarwal (born 1 June 1990) is an Indian acid attack survivor, a campaigner for rights of acid attack victims, and a TV host. Laxmi is founder and President of The Laxmi Foundation, an NGO dedicated to acid attack victims. In 2019, she received with the International Women Empowerment Award from the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the Government of India, and UNICEF for her campaign of Stop Acid Sale. In 2014, she received the International Women of Courage Award.

Laxmi Agarwal was born on 1 June 1990 in New Delhi.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, when Agarwal was 15, she was proposed by a 32-year-old family friend named Naeem Khan. Ten months later, Agrawal was attacked with acid by Naeem and his associate.

In 2006, Agarwal filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India seeking compensation and a total ban on the sale of acid across the country.

In July 2013, the Supreme Court responded to pleas, including the dismissal of Agarwal, by issuing guidelines to restrict the sale of acid.

The court passed an order stating that acid could not be sold openly or without an ID proof. The court also declared a Rs 3 lakh compensation for future and past victims.

Laxmi Agarwal was in a live-in relationship with social activist Alok Dixit, and the couple has separated in 2015. They have a daughter.^{[citation needed]}

She starred in the 2014 short documentary Newborns directed by Megha Ramaswamy as herself.